Floornature

Ennio Brion was born in 1940 in Bassano del Grappa, in the province of Vicenza.
He graduated in Milan with a degree in Economics and Commerce, and demonstrated a great interest in his family’s company from an early age, with a particular focus on design and innovation.
When his father Giuseppe passed away in 1968, Ennio Brion took over the leadership of the company Brionvega, famous for its radios and televisions, alongside his mother.
Ennio Brion remained at the helm of Brionvega until the company was sold in 1985.
Over the years Ennio Brion became increasingly interested in design and architecture, his two great passions, working with Marco Zanuso, Carlo Scarpa, Ettore Sottsass and the Memphis Group; he served as Chairman of the Italian Electrical Technology Industry Association and of the Amici di Brera Association in Milano.
Brion is now CEO of Auredia
S.r.l of Milan, a company concerned with real estate development projects of particular value in terms of architecture and landscape, with which he developed plans for the Nuovo Portello district in Milan.

Photo captions
Pag.2, Ennio Brion with Marco Zanuso
Pag.3, Brionvega, Algol television - Marco Zanuso and Richard Sapper
Pag.5, Brionvega, Doney television – drawing
Pag.6, Brionvega, Sirius television - Marco Zanuso and Richard Sapper
Pag.7, Brionvega, Algol television - Marco Zanuso and Richard Sapper
Pag.8, Brionvega, TS 502 radio - Marco Zanuso and Richard Sapper
Pag.9, Brionvega, Black television - Marco Zanuso and Richard Sapper
Pag.10, Ennio Brion with Marco Zanuso and Pietro Consagra
Pp.11-12, The Brionvega plant
Pag.13, Ennio Brion with Marco Zanuso in front of a work by Sol LeWitt
Pp.15-16, The Brionvega plant
Pp.17-20, Brion Monumental Complex
Pag.21, Ennio Brion with Michele de Lucchi
Pag.23, Ennio Brion with Ettore Sottsass
Pag.25, Plan for
renovation of Palazzo Citterio
Pp.26-31, The Portello District

Photo credits
Brionvega
- Raphael Monzini
Brionvega Plant
- Gianni Berengo Gardin
Brion Monumental Complex
Fulvio Roiter - CISA A. Palladio
- Gianni Berengo Gardin - CISA A. Palladio
The Portello District
- Federico Brunetti
- Giuseppe dall’Arche
- Studio ORCH